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As The World Turns—And Burns—In California

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“I Shouldn’t Say This . . . ” or Should He?

“I Shouldn’t Say This . . . ” or Should He?
23.01.2025 3

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A Tale Of Three Cities: Fires And Hires

A Tale Of Three Cities: Fires And Hires
16.01.2025 8

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California in 2024: Slow-Speed Rail And Political Inroads

California in 2024: Slow-Speed Rail and Political Inroads

19.12.2024 2

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’Tis The Season To Be Hollow

’Tis The Season To Be Jolly Hollow

14.12.2024 5

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’Tis the Season to be Jolly Hollow

’Tis The Season To Be Jolly Hollow

11.12.2024 3

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A Musky Smell of Petulance in Sacramento

In terms of changing the world order, it won’t have the same ramifications as Nixon going to China, but there’s an argument to be made that...

05.12.2024 4

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A Dose Of Sunshine For California Ballot Initiatives?

A Dose of Sunshine for California Ballot Initiatives?

20.11.2024 2

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Wile E. Newsom: The “Resistance” Proves Irresistible

A roller-coaster ride of an election for California governor Gavin Newsom—touted as and then supplanted by fellow Californian Kamala Harris as...

14.11.2024 2

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She Left Her Heart In San Francisco—Not A Swing State?

She Left Her Heart in San Francisco—Not a Swing State?

24.10.2024 2

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As California Goes . . . So Goes The House?

As California Goes . . . So Goes the House?

10.10.2024 1

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California’s Relevance in 2024: Straw-Man Arguments, Party Rebuilds

Though far from from the first state to join the republic, California loves to brag about its first-in-the-nation prowess, forcing the question of...

02.10.2024 1

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Bill-Signing Season in Sacramento: Goodbye Recall Candidates—and Legacy Admissions?

Bill-Signing Season in Sacramento: Goodbye Recall Candidates—and Legacy Admissions?

18.09.2024 1

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The Hotel California . . . Under Hilton Management?

For flustered California Republicans, does breaking the Democratic stranglehold on statewide elected offices require a change in style and substance...

11.09.2024 1

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If Kamala Wins: The California Ripple Effect

The passing of two August spectacles—the 2024 Olympics in Paris and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago—raises an intriguing...

29.08.2024 1

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Windy City—And Less So Without A Newsom Sidewinder

Windy City—and Less So without a Newsom Sidewinder

22.08.2024 2

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For California Democrats This Fall, Whose Enthusiasm Gets Curbed?

Move past the obvious California beneficiaries of the Democratic Party’s swapping out of presidential nominees (they would include native...

14.08.2024 1

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Enter Kamala—and Scrutiny of Her California Years

One thing the nation discovered last month: political winds sometimes travel faster east to west in America than supposedly swift airline traffic...

01.08.2024 1

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